Atomic Energy Act
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Laws, Acts, Legislation, Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: August 30, 1954
Article abstract: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law a bill designed to promote the peacetime uses of nuclear energy.
Summary of Event
The United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946 provided for the establishment of a civilian group, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), whose specified tasks included not only stewardship of all fissionable materials but also the exercise of broad controls over every aspect, military as well as civilian, of atomic energy development in the United States. As custodian and delegated promoter of the peaceful atom,...
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